Effective team building for extension development
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The document discusses effective team building for extension development, emphasizing the importance of teamwork and well-defined processes from idea generation to product release. It covers aspects such as market analysis, workflow development, task management tools, team collaboration methods, and ensuring quality standards in the final product. Additionally, it outlines practical steps for documentation, tutorials, and marketing the released extensions.
Effective team building for extension development
- 1. Effective team building for extensions development by Eugene Sivokon. JoomlaDay Poland, Gdansk, 2015
- 2. Who I am? Eugene Sivokon Founder of NorrBits, s.r.o. which includes NorrNext.com & NorrTheme.com Founder of RoundTheme.com Team & Project Manager
- 3. The purpose of the session Professional extensions development requires a team work. If you’re involved in extension development, you probably would be interested how to reach the result more effectively. The session sheds the light on main questions of team building and consistent processes of development from idea to the final stage when product is finished and ready to be released.
- 4. Part 1: Exploring the market
- 6. Preparing the Roadmap Release features gradually in different versions Schedule timeline according your abilities
- 7. Writing a Specifications According the SWOT analysis you already got detailed information about weak and strong sides of the analogues. It’s time to write well-detailed Specifications on extensions development to manage processes and delegate tasks to each team member.
- 8. Part 2 Infrastructure and workflow
- 9. Preparing workflow Create different working polygons Set up daily backups Server side installation Using external services for management
- 10. Task manager software It’s your main tool. All tasks from Specification must be added here. Task manager software will help you to: - Add Tasks - Control Milestones - Create Projects
- 11. Version Control Software A must-have part of environment providing full control on changes in code. Git (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket)
- 12. Communication - Online messaging chat - Discussion board - Voice chat
- 14. What is a teamwork? The process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to achieve a goal. Teamwork is often a crucial part of a business, as it is often necessary for colleagues to work well together, trying their best in any circumstance. Teamwork means that people will try to cooperate, using their individual skills and providing constructive feedback.
- 15. Methods of management: vertical and horizontal Vertical method Horizontal method
- 16. Keep up the motivation
- 17. Team spirit - Pay attention to each team member - Let people express their idea - Delegate more permissions to the team
- 19. Working processes Extensions beta-testing Bug fixing & feedback with end users Delegate processes to different subdivisions Update Specification & tasks
- 20. Part 5 Compiling the release
- 21. Standards and quality Extension should meet JED requirements (security, licensing) Localization and MVC model Clean code
- 22. Product page - Description encouraging to purchase - Attractive images & screenshots
- 23. Product page - Description encouraging to purchase - Attractive images & screenshots
- 24. Documentation, tutorials, video lessons Changelog. Users must know what’s new in your release. Documentation. A must-have part of any product. Good documentation makes support easier. Tutorials & lessons. Video lessons and step-by-step tutorials will increase loyality of end client.
- 25. Final steps: launching the release Add category for new extension at the forum and set up permissions Upload distribution package to site repository and make subscription plan / set up permissions Announce in social media channels.
- 26. Well done! You’ve made a colossal work, but all is just been started…